PKL 6: Tamil Thalaivas & Telugu Titans to clash in opener

Mumbai, Aug 22 (PTI) Pro Kabaddi League teams Telugu
Titans and Tamil Thalaivas will clash in the opening game of
the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, which begins in
Chennai on October 5.

The fixtures were announced today by PKL organisers
Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd.

In the second match, Anup Kumar, the 'Captain Cool' of
U Mumba for the last 5 seasons, who has moved to Jaipur Pink
Panthers this season, will lock horns with his former team on
October 5.

PKL's highest paid player, Monu Goyat will begin his
raid for glory as Haryana Steelers takes on Puneri Paltans in
the fifth match of the season on October 7.

Anupam Goswami, League Commissioner, VIVO Pro Kabaddi
said, "We have had to adjust the Season VI window to October
onwards, in lieu of the ongoing Asian Games that have nearly
all the world's top Kabaddi athletes playing for their
respective national teams. We will return to a July start for
VIVO PKL Season VII."

The 12 participating teams have been divided into two
zones of six teams each, where each team will be playing a set
of 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches, prior to the
play-offs.

The play-offs stage will comprise of 3 eliminators, 2
qualifiers and the finals scheduled to take place in Mumbai